Dustin Martin was outstanding early for Richmond with two excellent first-quarter goals and ended with 30 disposals, while Jack Riewoldt clearly won his contest with Ted Richards, but only managed three goals from at least twice as many opportunities.

Scores were level at the end of an entertaining opening stanza but the Swans were dominant from that point on. The hosts' superior ability to run both ways in the midfield was increasingly apparent as Jack, O'Keefe and Mitchell constantly found themselves with time and space that the Tigers rarely enjoyed.

For all the Swans' ascendancy the gap was still only 15 points at half-time, but it blew open in the third quarter as White, who finished with four goals, began to dominate the Swans' forward half.

White kicked two goals and could easily have had three for the quarter, proving to be a constant threat in attack. With Mike Pyke (one goal) and Tippett (three goals for the match) also bobbing up, Richmond's defence was simply unable to cope with the onslaught despite the best efforts of Alex Rance and Troy Chaplin.

The Swans led by 33 points at the last change and when Mitchell booted the first goal of the final term, before spinning out of a pack and feeding O'Keefe who in turn found Jed Lamb for another major, the game was effectively over.